(CNN) — Here's some background information about Libya, an oil-rich country in North Africa bordering the Mediterranean Sea and Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Chad, Niger and Sudan. About Libya:(from the ...

Unemployment: 30% (2004 est.) Other Facts Libya has proven oil reserves estimated at 48.4 billion barrels, the most in Africa. Colonel Moammar Gadhafi ruled Libya from 1969 to 2011. In the 1970s and ...